How AI Will Change Quantum Computing | NVIDIA AI Podcast Ep. 294

Опубликовано 14 апреля 2026, 14:03

What happens when you combine AI with quantum computing? NVIDIA's Nic Harrigan joins the AI Podcast to break down the state of quantum, explain why error correction is the pivotal challenge, and reveal how NVIDIA Ising—the world's first open AI model family for quantum—is changing the game.

🔬 Topics covered:

What is quantum computing, and how do qubits work?

The Sherlock Holmes decoder: how AI solves error correction

NVIDIA Ising: open models for calibration and decoding

NVIDIA CUDA-Q, NVQLink, and the hybrid quantum-classical stack

Could quantum hardware generate training data for AI models?

🔗 Resources mentioned:

Read our NVIDIA Ising announcement ► nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvi...

Learn more about NVIDIA Ising ► nvidia.com/en-us/solutions/qua...

Learn more about NVIDIA Quantum Computing ► nvidia.com/en-us/solutions/qua...

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:55 What is quantum computing?
4:00 Qubits, noise, and error correction
5:26 How AI helps quantum error correction
10:57 Applications: drug discovery and materials
15:33 NVIDIA Ising announcement
20:35 Scaling quantum hardware
27:31 Algorithm development with generative AI